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Rhys stayed silent as Edea and Ailin hugged him tightly, Aurora, Stella, and Crystal left the balcony, they were willing to give time so that they could catch up and reunite.
Rhys was honestly thankful for that, 'I will give them a reward later... hehe.' Rhys's thoughts moved to 'that' type of reward.
But his soon turned pure when he looked at Edea and Ailin, who kept on hugging him, Edea was trembling and Ailin was crying silently, her tears staining his robes, yet he did not mind.
His hands moved to their backs, as he too hugged them both tightly. Their scent filled his nose as he remembered the memories of the original Rhys, making him both happy and sad. The latter since he wasn't even the real Rhys.
'I should tell them at some point...' Rhys knew that telling them could end up bad, hell, it probably would. But he could not hide such a thing from Rhys's mother and sister, well, he could. But the chances of him doing so were low.
Rhys patted their backs as they soon parted from him, Edea was not crying, but her eyes were slightly wet, she had been worried sick about Rhys, especially when she heard that he had gone somewhere that even a Supreme Saint could not go.
Ailin on the other hand had an unshakable trust and love for Rhys that she did not consider he might die, cause if he did so would she. Love was blind, especially for a girl her age.
"I'm back, mother, sister." Rhys spoke as he kneeled, he was being filial and not acting arrogant nor overbearing towards Edea and Ailin, his mouth slightly twitched when he called them mother and sister. Yet he remained still.
"Yes." Edea replied with a beautiful smile on her lips, she was feeling content at seeing her child again, especially seeing how strong he had gotten, and the changes visible on his body made her dragon blood boil with passion at the thought of having Rhys's child.
Ailin did not speak but just kneeled and hugged Rhys's neck, making Rhys flinch as only lovers do this. Her face was close to his and his eyes moved towards her face, he wasn't against taking them, but he certainly did not want to get turned on right now. He had held on for a few years thanks to his will which was shaped and hardened all those years.
'Shit, I feel like my lust would explode when Aurora, Stella, and Crystal kissed me, but if Ailin who has the same bloodline as me kisses me... then the chances of my growing lust exploding are high!'
Dragons naturally mated with other dragons, especially of the same race, as mating with dragons of other races might produce unstable offsprings.
Yet as Ailin's lips got closer to his face, he felt something inside of him growing like a tide. But as he looked at Ailin, he saw her lips touch his forehead, it was more of a loving kiss than a passionate one.
"Welcome back, Rhys!" Those words brought Rhys out of his thoughts and made him smile as he moved his hand, cleaning the tear marks on her beautiful face, making her blush and Rhys chuckle.
"Ah, you've grown more beautiful in the months we have been apart, no?" Rhys stood up from his kneeling position and looked at Edea who merely nodded, yet dissatisfaction could be seen on her face, "You too."
Those words made her face brighten up and made another smile replace her previous frown.
"It seems you learned how to compliment women and flirt. Hmph!" Yet that quickly was replaced by a frown, making Rhys feel that getting intimate with the prideful Edea would be hard, even after he conquered the Yin Moon Empress. Even with her bloodline telling him not to act arrogantly before him, Edea did without care, her blood was too weak to suppress her like Rhys's current blood, which had the ability to oppose him.
Rhys smiled awkwardly, he shook his head. '"Well, do you want to catch up now or later?" Rhys did not know how to move forward with them, Ailin was easier since she was head over heels for Rhys, but he also did not know how Ailin and Edea got to meet his girls.
'I missed a lot of things.'
"Right now! I want to spend some time with you." Ailin replied excitedly, she jumped up and down like a little girl, making her two melons juggle up and down and almost making Rhys choke.
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Time passed, in those few hours, Rhys explained his life outside of home and how he met his current women. He explained how his relationship developed, but he made sure not to talk about the trials, as he wanted to tell everyone at the same time, that is Aurora, Stella, and Crystal. He would only talk about it with them present.
Edea and Ailin remained shocked but understood as they two had many adventures, the Blazing Fairy and the Heartless Woman, the nicknames for Ailin and Edea due to their attitudes. Rhys had a laugh when he hard their titles, making them latter blush in shame, while the former felt praised.
They also told Rhys about their little group, New Dawn. They then started to talk about only the group. Rhys had some idea on what to do with them women, make a well-trained army, he had a lot of things he definitely did not need in the Jade ring, so he could give them to Edea and Ailin to strengthen the group.
When he told them that, they refused but gave up once Rhys said he would give it to them himself, they definitely did not want Rhysg getting closer to more women, even if they hated men, Rhys would definitely be able to charm them.
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Rhys spent the remaining of the day with them before they separated, well only Edea did, Ailin hugged him like a koala and did not let go, she simply enjoyed his warmth as Rhys carried her on his back.
She was acting childish but Rhys definitely did not hate it, he liked the feeling of having two big melons against his back and his hands touching her soft tighs and buttocks as he carried her.
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Author's Note: Next chapter will have some information about the current Rhys and his bloodlines.
Start of Volume 2, New Heights.